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Reconstruction drawing of Stonehenge by Ivan Lapper

Reconstruction drawing of Stonehenge by Ivan Lapper

Around 2300 BC, 30 sarsens (sandstone uprights), each weighing over 25 tonnes, were positioned in a circle and capped with morticed stone lintels.
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